Around the North

Apollo Gold Corporation (TSX: APG), whose Black Fox mine is located 64 kilometres east of Timmins, has signed an agreement whereby 100,000 tonnes of the company's gold ore will be milled by St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd.

In its newly released third-quarter 2009 Housing Market Outlook, the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) predicts Ontario housing starts will begin to rebound in the second half of 2009, with a slight rise through 2010.

Queenston Mining Inc., an active mining exploration firm in the Kirkland Lake camp, has announced a share offering to raise gross proceeds of $14 million. Two million units will be offered, with Toronto-based Primary Capital Inc.

Stantec-Mining and the McIntosh Engineering Scholarship Fund have donated $83,000 to Laurentian University's School of Engineering, paving the way for additional scholarships and equipment purchases.

A strategic planning meeting between the Timmins Chamber of Commerce's new board and Fred Gibbons, its new president, has resulted in the creation of five priorities for the coming year.

North American Palladium is withdrawing $50 million in financing from a private placement saying the final terms proposed by Casimir Capital L.P. “were not satisfactory.

Brett Resources said metallurgical tests its Hammond Reef property in northwestern Ontario indicate gold recovery will be 93 per cent. The Vancouver-based junior miner has an inferred resource of 155 million tonnes at 1.

Funds have finally arrived to rebuild the Canada Customs plaza at the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and federal Transport Minister John Baird were in the Sault, Sept.

The Ontario Government will host a series of public consultations beginning next month to examine the province's forests after the release of a industry review.

Conquest Resources Ltd. has started drilling at its Alexander Gold Project in Red Lake by Boart Longyear Canada.